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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (Philippines)
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| Divers from Coast Guard and Air Force hold a body bag containing a recovered victim from the sunken mv Princess of the Stars. (AP photo) |
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CEBU CITY -- Inocencio Rosario was surrounded by bodies and debris in the dark Tuesday when his flashlight found a small bit of comfort in the capsized ferry: a plastic rosary floating in the water.
The Coast Guard diver slipped on the string of light blue beads for luck, hoping it was an omen that a miracle was still possible.
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Typhoon Frank death toll rises to 111
| MANILA -- The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said Tuesday that the fatalities due to typhoon Frank (international codename: Fengshen) have already reached 111, excluding those who died in the sunken ferry in Romblon. |
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Police pursue other angles in killing of Swede, his family
| CEBU CITY -- Alfonso Melker Viksten and his wife Maria Serenita would have celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary. |
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Rebels attack Transco facilities in Sultan Kudarat
| KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) on a diesel-fed power plant of the National Transmission Corporation (Transco) in Sultan Kudarat town around 8 p.m. Monday. |
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